Chongzhen Undergraduates

"It doesn't look good, but it's just an idiot. Look at this beautiful yard. After tidying it up for a long time, it still smells like sweat." Jiu'er was a little shy, and hurriedly defended.

A girl of this age can't figure things out with a veteran like Yang Jing.With a look from Yang Jing, she had already seen that Jiu'er liked the county magistrate a little bit.

"Since he's not good-looking, then we won't let him appear here again."

"This is someone else's place, and besides, he still needs to use this county office for office work. How can we not let him come here?"

The place is small and there is no way, although the backyard is occupied by the princess, but this county government office is a formal government department after all.In this regard, Jiu'er, who has been in the Polytechnic Institute for half a year, is not so inflated, and knows how to measure.

"The princess has no airs, be careful of being bullied by the son-in-law in the future!" Yang Jing laughed and joked.

"He dares!" Jiu'er blurted out, and immediately realized that she had slipped up, so she stamped her feet and turned away from looking at Yang Jing.

Yang Jing thought it would be fun to tease this boy and girl.

Chapter 195: The Golden Cicada Escapes Her Shell

"Has the Chuang army retreated?" Behind the city wall of Tongshan County, the princess covered her mouth with her hands and shouted loudly to Zhang Tongchang on the city wall.

"Already retreated!" Zhang Tongchang was very excited, he just repelled a wave of attacks, and he didn't seem very tired.

The soldiers guarding the city looked at this young man enviously. It was such an honor to be favored by the princess.

Like Yang Jing, Jiu'er wore a turban on her head and led a large group of wives, each carrying a bamboo basket with tea in it, eating and laughing, and walked to the top of the city to work as a soldier.

"Are you tired?!" Yang Jing asked with concern while distributing things.

"I'm not tired. Fortunately, the supervisor asked us to raise the city wall by three feet. We have prepared so many defense equipment, these intruders can't get in at all, we just need to stay here and throw things down."

The soldiers were also very happy in front of the beauties, and they didn't shy away from each other, but responded boldly.Jiu'er casually handed Zhang Tongchang a small gourd, which contained her specially chilled rice wine.

This scene has been going on for five days, but the Ming army defending the city feels more and more relaxed every day, while the attack of the troops outside the city is getting more and more relaxed every day.

Li Zicheng was very depressed these few days. He was going to go south in a hurry, but he heard that Azig had retreated to the north. This made him hesitate for a few days until the news of Zhu Youjian's westward advance reached Wuchang. Li Zicheng had to make up his mind to go south.

It is impossible to go north, and there is no future for going west. The emperor from the east has already chased him with a large army, why don't we hurry up?

However, when he passed Xianning easily, he was blocked in a small county like Tongshan.

"Your Majesty, we can't fight any more. Not many of our people died, but they were all wounded. If this continues, if we don't get beaten to death, we will die of illness."

Gao Guiying rubbed her tears, and exuded this stench all over her body. It was the smell of festering wounds of soldiers injured a few days ago.

Li Zicheng was puzzled, why is such a small county so powerful?He could even attack the capital, but he was overwhelmed by this small city.

"Your Majesty, they have too much gunpowder. Didn't they empty out all the gunpowder in Liuyang County?" Tian Jianxiu whispered to Li Zicheng.

This matter was really hit by Tian Jianxiu, and Yuan Jixian really emptied the gunpowder in the fireworks workshop in Liuyang County.

When the Chinese invented gunpowder, the biggest consumption was not the battlefield, but fireworks.As the most representative type of firecrackers, Liuyang Firecrackers abounded in the Tang and Song Dynasties, including firecrackers and fireworks.Both "China Industrial History Hunan Chapter" and "Hunan Whiplash" published in the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935) recorded: "The manufacture of whiplash in Gaixiang Province began in Tang Dynasty, flourished in Song Dynasty, and originated in Liuyang."

Before setting off, Yuan Jixian explained that he would bring a group of firecracker craftsmen to help defend the city.Although most firecrackers cannot kill people directly, a large firecracker is covered with a large bag of gravel and porcelain pieces, which can injure a large number of people after the explosion.

Li Zicheng's remaining elite had already divided into two groups and left, and the rest were refugees he coerced.How could these people have protection, one injury would be a large area, no matter how many people attacked, they would not be able to attack Tongshan City.

"We've been exposed. If we don't capture Tongshan, how can we get replenished? We won't even be able to run away." The emperor of Dashun roared, furious.

Li Zicheng was going crazy. He originally thought that he would hide in the mountains, let the people on the outside attract other people's attention, and then let him go behind.I didn't expect that when I went south, I would be exposed soon.

The King Chuang, who has been in the business for more than ten years, immediately understood that he had been exposed. Chongyang would not be able to go, and the direct south was full of mountains, and the nearest county town was hundreds of miles away. is a dead end.

"Report! The sailors of the officers and soldiers have already landed in Yangxin, and the forward has arrived in Yangxin County."

"How did it come so fast?" Li Zicheng was startled. He didn't know that when Zhu Youjian took the oath as a master in Nanjing, the army had already set off ahead of schedule, even if it was going upstream, it had been more than ten days.

"From Yangxin to Tongshan, 150 li, three days. Send someone to report to Li Guo and Liu Fangliang, and let them meet us quickly."

"Aren't you going to disperse?" Tian Jianxiu was puzzled, officers and soldiers came after them, shouldn't they disperse and break through?

"I'm alone in danger, shouldn't they come to rescue him?" Li Zicheng's first thought was that he would be exposed, and the officers and soldiers must focus on encircling him. At this time, he wanted to save his life.

The emperor is a strange creature. Once someone becomes the emperor, most of them will not be willing to give up this identity, and will do everything possible to protect this identity.

Li Zicheng's words were orders, Tian Jianxiu could not refute, and could only order to go.But Li Zicheng's mood was about to collapse now. He felt that there were dangers in all directions, just like when he was trapped in Shangluo Mountain.

Based on experience, Li Zicheng made a decision. He planned to escape from Shangluo Mountain with eighteen riders and ascend to heaven.

When the army was besieged, Li Zicheng escaped with only [-] riders. It was he who dared to throw the army to the officers and soldiers and escaped alone.If he was reluctant to give up the army, how could he escape smoothly.

It can be said that Li Zicheng's greatest ability is to dare to throw everything away, first to save his life and then to make a comeback.This is more ruthless and decisive than gecko tail docking.

The next day, the Chuangjun camp outside Tongshan City suddenly became noisy, and Yuan Jixian didn't know what happened.It wasn't until around noon that a large group of low-level officers who broke into the army ran to the city gate to beg for surrender. Only then did the city know that it was Li Zicheng who ran away in the middle of the night with his old battalion and important family members.

Yuan Jixian was in the dark, it was the first time he had seen such a thing, so he hurriedly sent people out of the city to accept the surrender.

"Master, those people are not the main force of the army at all, they are all wounded. Go to the camp and have a look. There is a whole camp lying there, many of them are dying."

Zhang Tong ran into the yamen angrily, took a few deep breaths, took a few more sips of tea, and complained without scruple.This kid is very casual in front of Yuan Jixian now, but Yuan Jixian likes him very much because he is very capable.

This young man can be called Tongshan's parent officer, because he can mobilize every village in the county, and make every village absolutely obey him.This kind of ability cannot be achieved by official authority.

"Big trouble, big trouble! This cunning Li Zicheng threw all his burdens to us at once, and he disappeared without a trace." With Yuan Jixian's knowledge, he had never seen such a cunning person.A mere Tongshan Mountain, with so many injuries all at once, it is too late to clean up the mess, how can I have the strength to chase Li Zicheng.

"Report! The emperor has come to order." A messenger sent a letter on a flying horse, and everyone hurriedly got together to read it.

"The emperor has already brought the vanguard twenty miles away. He guessed that Li Zicheng wanted to escape the shell, and asked us to ignore the captives outside the city for the time being, and gather the people in Tongshan County. We must find Li Zicheng."

Yuan Jixian sighed deeply, and then said: "Your majesty is far-sighted, and Li Zicheng has already been expected to run away. Since he let us go to Hunan, every step of Li Zicheng has not escaped the majesty's eyes."

This is not Zhu Youjian's ability. Zhu Youjian just knows Li Zicheng's final destination.Yuan Jixian almost made Zhu Youjian a myth in his heart, but he didn't think about it. If Zhu Youjian was a real god, why was he forced to lose the capital by Li Zicheng last year?

"Pass down my order, all villages and villages in Tongshan, regardless of age, will reward Li Zicheng with 1 taels of silver. Those who kill him will be rewarded with [-] taels of silver."

As soon as Yuan Jixian finished speaking, all the county magistrate Zhang Tongchang and ordinary officials in Tongshan County ran away in a swarm. 1 taels, ghosts don’t earn it.

"Princess, where are you going?" Yang Jing hurriedly asked when she saw that Jiu'er was packing up her things.

"I'm going to find Li Zicheng." Jiu'er held two long swords in his hand, carried a burden on his back, and turned around to reply.

"Princess, do you also want the 1 taels of silver?" Yang Jing was puzzled. It was easy to explain why others wanted to reward the silver. What kind of fun is Princess Changping doing?

"No! What I want is Li Zicheng's head." Jiu'er gritted his teeth and said, "When my father comes, tell him that I have gone to the mountains."

After Jiu'er finished speaking, she ran away without looking back, and Yang Jing hurriedly led people to chase her out.Yuan Jixian was the only one guarding the empty hall in the county government office.

It is said that after Li Zicheng escaped from his shell, he could only run towards Jiangxi, because his most reliable nephew and brother-in-law led troops to come here from Jiangxi.Li Zicheng no longer trusted anyone else.

Chapter 196: The Bell of Xuandi Temple